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Winnipeg Harvest says this year's brutal winter has led to an urgent need for food donations, especially items like canned fruit, pasta, infant formula and foods high in protein.

The food bank has issued its top 10 list of items in highest demand, including peanut butter and canned fish and poultry.

Executive director David Northcott says the $200,000 in donations the food bank received in December ran out last month.

Northcott said the long, harsh winter Winnipeggers endured this year has made families pay more for transportation costs, which leaves less money for food and results in fewer food bank staples in stock.